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The Dead (silver gloss, topaz) - Signed Print by Damien Hirst 2009 - MyArtBroker

The Dead (silver gloss, topaz)
Signed Print

Damien Hirst

£3,750-£5,500Value Indicator

$8,000-$11,500 Value Indicator

$7,000-$10,000 Value Indicator

¥35,000-¥50,000 Value Indicator

4,350-6,500 Value Indicator

$40,000-$60,000 Value Indicator

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$4,850-$7,000 Value Indicator

-2% AAGR

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Medium: Foil Block

Edition size: 15

Year: 2009

Size: H 41cm x W 30cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The value of Damien Hirst’s The Dead (silver gloss, topaz) (signed) is estimated to be worth between £3,750 and £5,500. This foil block artwork, created in 2009, has an auction history of three total sales since its entry to the market on 8th June 2016. The sales in the last 12 months have shown a consistent demand, with an average selling price of £3,000 across one total sale. Over the past five years, the hammer price has remained stable, demonstrating an average annual growth rate of -2%. This work is part of a limited edition of 15.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
June 2024Phillips London United Kingdom
January 2019Phillips London United Kingdom
June 2016Phillips London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

The print, made in 2009, is part of the artist’s The Dead series. The series is composed of thirty-one prints, each depicting a floating skull. Hirst uses a different combination of colours in each print, making each one unique. In The Dead (silver gloss, topaz), the skull acts as a memento mori, an artistic reminder of the inevitability of death. Not only is death a central theme in The Dead series and this print, it is also a theme that runs throughout Hirst's works. Since the late 1980’s when the artist was studying Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, Hirst has used a variety of artistic mediums, such as installation, sculpture, painting and drawing to look at the theme of death and the way in which art can be used to explore the subject.

Hirst’s works often look at the relationship between art, life and death. The artist himself has said that art is “about life and it can’t really be about anything else … there isn’t anything else.” Hirst has used the skull motif in other series such as I Once Was What You Are, You Will Be What I Am, 2007, composed of six artworks and Memento, a collection of thirteen etchings from 2008. What makes the skulls in The Dead series different, however, is Hirst’s creative and bold use of colour.

  • Damien Hirst, born in Bristol in 1965, is often hailed the enfant terrible of the contemporary art world. His provocative works challenge conventions and his conceptual brilliance spans installations, paintings, and sculptures, often exploring themes of mortality and the human experience. As a leading figure of the Young British Artists (YBA) movement in the late '80s, Hirst's work has dominated the British art scene for decades and has become renowned for being laced with controversy, thus shaping the dialogue of modern art.

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